Compiling OpenJFX 8

[c***@bekwam.com]

Hi,



Kevin R. replied to an email I put to the list about compiling with Visual
Studio 2017. I'm not very good with Mercurial and thought 8.0b132 was the
most current JavaFX 8. What tag, branch, or repo would I use to compile the
version of JavaFX 8 closest to what just shipped in Oracle's JDK 1.8.0_191.



I'll probably make more headway with the current Microsoft tools and a more
recent version.



Thanks,

Carl

[Stephen Fitch]

Hi Carl,

As FYI weare getting towards the end of a major effort to allow VS2017
to be usedto build JDK 8(inc. JavaFX).

We are about to carry out some internal (to Oracle) final build runs with
JavaFX/JDK 8 and VS2017.

I'd say we need another couple of weeks to run a few builds and knock down
anyremaining issues.

I suspect waitinghere might give you something saving you time in the
long run.

I'll take the AI to get back to the yourself and the alias with news.

With OC1 next week we need a little extra time...

Regards,

Stephen

Post by c***@bekwam.com
Hi,
Kevin R. replied to an email I put to the list about compiling with Visual
Studio 2017. I'm not very good with Mercurial and thought 8.0b132 was the
most current JavaFX 8. What tag, branch, or repo would I use to compile the
version of JavaFX 8 closest to what just shipped in Oracle's JDK 1.8.0_191.
I'll probably make more headway with the current Microsoft tools and a more
recent version.
Thanks,
Carl

[c***@bekwam.com]

Thanks Stephen. I’d be happy to be an early adopter/tester or to help with documentation and blog posts. -Carl



From: Stephen Fitch <***@oracle.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 10:49 PM
To: ***@bekwam.com; openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Compiling OpenJFX 8



Hi Carl,

As FYI we are getting towards the end of a major effort to allow VS2017
to be used to build JDK 8 (inc. JavaFX).

We are about to carry out some internal (to Oracle) final build runs with
JavaFX/JDK 8 and VS2017.

I'd say we need another couple of weeks to run a few builds and knock down
any remaining issues.

I suspect waiting here might give you something saving you time in the
long run.

I'll take the AI to get back to the yourself and the alias with news.

With OC1 next week we need a little extra time...

Regards,

Stephen

On 10/19/18 19:27, ***@bekwam.com <mailto:***@bekwam.com> wrote:

Hi,



Kevin R. replied to an email I put to the list about compiling with Visual
Studio 2017. I'm not very good with Mercurial and thought 8.0b132 was the
most current JavaFX 8. What tag, branch, or repo would I use to compile the
version of JavaFX 8 closest to what just shipped in Oracle's JDK 1.8.0_191.



I'll probably make more headway with the current Microsoft tools and a more
recent version.



Thanks,

Carl

[Kevin Rushforth]

This is true for building the JDK 8u. I note that if all he is trying to
do is build FX 8u, it already builds with VS 2017. The problem was he
was building FX 8 GA when what he wanted was FX 8u191. I just sent a
pointer.

-- Kevin

Post by Stephen Fitch
Hi Carl,
As FYI weare getting towards the end of a major effort to allow VS2017
to be usedto build JDK 8(inc. JavaFX).
We are about to carry out some internal (to Oracle) final build runs with
JavaFX/JDK 8 and VS2017.
I'd say we need another couple of weeks to run a few builds and knock down
anyremaining issues.
I suspect waitinghere might give you something saving you time in the
long run.
I'll take the AI to get back to the yourself and the alias with news.
With OC1 next week we need a little extra time...
Regards,
Stephen

Post by c***@bekwam.com
Hi,
Kevin R. replied to an email I put to the list about compiling with Visual
Studio 2017.  I'm not very good with Mercurial and thought 8.0b132
was the
most current JavaFX 8.  What tag, branch, or repo would I use to
compile the
version of JavaFX 8 closest to what just shipped in Oracle's JDK 1.8.0_191.
I'll probably make more headway with the current Microsoft tools and a more
recent version.
Thanks,
Carl

[Kevin Rushforth]

If you want to build the latest 8u, you should clone this repo instead
of jfx-dev:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/8u-dev/rt

The tip of that repo is the current development repo for 8u202. There
are also tags for all of the 8uNNN releases, for example, the tag
corresponding to the just-shipped 8u191 release is 8u191-b10.

-- Kevin

Post by c***@bekwam.com
Hi,
Kevin R. replied to an email I put to the list about compiling with Visual
Studio 2017. I'm not very good with Mercurial and thought 8.0b132 was the
most current JavaFX 8. What tag, branch, or repo would I use to compile the
version of JavaFX 8 closest to what just shipped in Oracle's JDK 1.8.0_191.
I'll probably make more headway with the current Microsoft tools and a more
recent version.
Thanks,
Carl